“Reds on the Fly”
-Capt. Owen Gayler
Bay Flats Lodge

Fly fishing has been great! Big fish are coming off the flats, and they are happy to eat a well-placed fly! As we get into longer and warmer days, this trend will continue. As healthy as the fishery is looking, we anticipate an epic year of fly fishing.

Here is Capt. Owen Gayler’s take on the fly fishing so far this month. The line we’ve been using is Rio eight white wintertime redfish. The redfish have been pretty lethargic and spooky, but they are there in great numbers and size. We’ve made our leaders a bit longer and added a 16-pound tippet of fluorocarbon. We have had great success on Wasted redfish crack flies in neutral colors with orange heads. Water has been extremely clear in places, but finding majority of the fish in a little deeper water that has a soft bottom. We’ve even spotted a few speckled trout warming up on windward shorelines. Fishing has been outstanding so far this month, along with the weather. I anticipate this being an incredible year for our fishery, as the fish seem very healthy and their numbers are great. We are also noticing many whooping cranes while we pole the southside of our estuary – a good sign of a healthy ecosystem.

Capt. Chris Martin
Bay Flats Lodge, Inc.
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